Re: Question on vacuum output

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Chris Hoover <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Question on vacuum output
Date: 2006-06-20 21:08:28
Message-ID: 20060620210828.GH26882@surnet.cl
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Chris Hoover wrote:
> I am having some performance issues on some of my larger databases
> (50-100+GB). I just ran a vacuum analyze on our key table, and saw this at
> the end.
>
> DETAIL: 562499 dead row versions cannot be removed yet.

Is there an open, idle transaction on this database? A leftover psql
session running in a forgotten, detached screen session maybe?

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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